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immutable Definition

im·mu·table (i myo̵̅o̅t′ə bəl)

adjective

never changing or varying; unchangeable

Etymology: ME < L immutabilis: see in- & mutable

immutable Related Forms
im·mu′·tabil′·ity noun or im·mu′·table·ness im·mu′·tably adverb
immutable Synonyms

immutable

modif.

stable, changeless, perpetual; see permanent 2.

immutable Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • not: However, given that human systems are not immutable, they are reasonably stable.
  • so: So fixed, so immutable are the laws by which the unseen Author of nature actuates the universe.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • make: The point is that you can save yourself from many sorts of mistakes by making files immutable.

Modifies a noun

  • essence: That is, it is an ordering of the elements which is descriptive of an immutable essence.
  • matrix: It returns a new immutable matrix in the Smith normal form.
  • law: There's no immutable law that the powerful should always call the tune.
  • object: An immutable weak pointer object is a contradiction in terms.
  • truth: This version of God's sovereignty meant that human law should aspire to emulate the laws of God, eternal and immutable truths.

Used with adjective complement

  • remain: However, are you suggesting these degrees remain immutable in the Tropical Zodiac?
  • regard: These levels of immigration should not be regarded as immutable.
immutable Quotes

Few things are as immutable as the addiction of political groups to the ideas by whichthey have once won office.

—Galbraith,John Kenneth

It wasn't by accident that the Gettysburg address was so short. The laws of prose writing are as immutable as those of flight, of mathematics, of physics.

—Hemingway, Ernest Millar

God made thee perfect, not immutable.

—Milton,John